This question asks what YOU THINK about this topic/these topics. Please let us know what YOU THINK, and someone here will be happy to comment on your ideas.
Hint: This word and its meaning has been around since at least the 1500s, perhaps earlier:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=race&searchmode=none
"Social scientists" have not been around nearly that long. I doubt they came up with the term.
Other teachers may have different opinions.
Questions: Do you think that "race" should have ever been constructed by social scientists? Why? Why not? Why do you think that anyone has to define who we are by standards measured by our human understanding of anthropology?
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